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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Silver Spring, MD

Decisions
372
Approved
89.1%
Median certified wage
$66,273
Years
FY2016 to FY2026

Year by year

  • certified
  • denied
  • withdrawn

Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, FY2024 on from its current ones; the newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.

Every year as a table
Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2016 61 2 3
FY2017 35 5 14
FY2018 30 5 0
FY2019 26 3 4
FY2020 24 6 1
FY2021 21 3 1
FY2022 16 8 0
FY2023 23 2 0
FY2024 21 2 0
FY2025 31 1 1
FY2026 22 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Custom Computer Programming Services 30
  • Engineering Services 15
  • Full-Service Restaurants 15
  • Miscellaneous Intermediation 14
  • Private Households 14
  • Home Health Care Services 13
  • All Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation 12
  • Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 9
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 9
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 9

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 97
  • None 91
  • Bachelor's 82
  • High School 23
  • Doctorate 7
  • Other 6
  • Associate's 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 128
  • F-1 33
  • B-2 20
  • NOT IN USA 20
  • TPS 9
  • EWI 7
  • A1/A2 5
  • E-2 5
  • PAROLEE 4
  • G-5 4

The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled; a city counts as one place per state.

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting is not in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases, not the queue.